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The 20 Most Valuable Domain Sales of 2023
The domain name market saw some of its biggest sales ever in 2023, with multi-million dollar price tags for premium names. Let’s take a look at the year’s 20 priciest reported domain sales and what made them so valuable.
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You may now view Bluesky Posts without being logged in
Decentralized social network Bluesky recently announced that users can now view posts on its platform without needing to log in or create an account. While posting still requires an invite-only account, this update allows anyone to access Bluesky’s content through links and embeds.
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Decentralized Social Media Beckons as Flipboard Embraces ActivityPub
Flipboard, the popular social curation app, has fully embraced the decentralized social web by integrating the networking protocol ActivityPub. In a major move, select Flipboard publisher accounts are now discoverable and can be followed by millions of users across the fediverse – Mastodon, Bluesky and other alternative platforms.
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The Evolution of Twitter, A Timeline of Key Feature Updates That Shaped the Platform
Twitter has come a long way since its humble beginnings back in 2006 when it was founded by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone and Evan Williams. What started as a simple SMS-based platform for sharing quick status updates has evolved into one of the world’s most influential social networks with over 300 million monthly active users.
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Meta has finally implemented end-to-end encrpytion by default
After years of promises, Meta has finally implemented default end-to-end encryption for Facebook Messenger. This is an important milestone that will provide Messenger’s billions of users much greater privacy and security for their communications.
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Ning Powers Over 2.5 Million Social Networks - Here's Why You Should Still Use It
If you want to create an online community or social network, one of the biggest players in that space is Ning. Originally founded in 2004, Ning lets individuals or organizations quickly set up customized social networks around specific topics or groups. But with heavyweight competitors like Facebook and Reddit, does Ning still remain relevant nearly 20 years later?
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Understanding Facebook's Identity Verification System
Over 3.5 billion people actively use Facebook monthly as of 2023, making it the undisputed most popular social media platform globally. At this immense scale, Facebook grapples with various forms of misuse — false identities, spam bots, foreign influence operations, prohibited content sharing, targeted harassment, and scams.
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Ben's Bites AI, An Underrated Gem for AI Updates
If you’re looking to stay on top of the latest happenings in AI, you can’t go wrong following well-known sites like TechCrunch, The Verge, and Wired. However, amongst the bigger tech publications are smaller blogs that can provide unique perspectives. One hidden gem for AI coverage that more people should have on their radar is Ben’s Bites AI.
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Exploring Top Alternatives for Purchasing Digital Music Beyond iTunes
iTunes pioneered the model of buying à la carte digital music downloads back in the early 2000s. However, over the past decade, several compelling alternatives have emerged offering great catalogs often at cheaper prices and with fewer restrictions. For those seeking DRM-free music downloads outside the Apple ecosystem, excellent options for both iOS and Android users include Amazon MP3, Google Play, Bandcamp, HDtracks, and more niche stores like Beatport and 7digital.
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5 services for creating storyboards
Storyboarding is one of the key stages of any video production, but one that is often underestimated. It helps you get an idea of the future of your video even before you start shooting it or rendering full-fledged illustrations. Most often it includes a schematic representation of the main frames of the video, in addition to which you can add a description of the scenes, dialogues or other fragments of the script. The storyboard also shows what plans will be used, how objects will move on the screen. The result is a static “draft” of the video, with which it is convenient to coordinate and refine the details of the script before starting the next steps of production.